Software Engineering Manager, Flock
Aviation
$200-220k
Offers Equity
Public safety operating system
Open for applications
Public safety operating system
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-220k
Offers Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create safer, happier communities and cities by pre-emptively fighting crime.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires a blend of technical expertise and strong leadership skills. You should be a strong technical leader who can contribute to architectural discussions, help define technical strategy, and understand the intricacies of a Ruby on Rails backend
- Our backend team is fully remote, so you'll need to be an outstanding communicator and proactive about providing asynchronous support and feedback
- Passionate about building software, with a desire to keep learning and improving
- Proven leadership skills, with confidence in leading and supporting engineers to reach their full potential
- Skilled in people management: coaching direct reports, driving performance, and fostering career growth
- Experienced in project management: leading initiatives from planning through delivery, ensuring milestones and timelines are met
- Technically engaged: able to conduct thorough code reviews, set high engineering standards, and hold meaningful technical discussions with the team
- Strong proficiency in at least one of the following:
- TypeScript with ReactJS
- Ruby on Rails
- Rust
- Strong collaboration with Product Management: reviewing specifications, clarifying requirements, and aligning on priorities through agile processes and ceremonies
- Motivated by tackling ambiguous problems, creating structure, and driving solutions
- Excited to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment and influence the growth of a young company
What the job involves
- The Aviation team is responsible for building world class remotely piloted aircraft and supporting ground systems for public safety customers. To give first responders an eye on the scene, we build flying cameras (drones) that push the boundaries of connectivity, video transmission, power and thermal management, and imaging
- We build platforms that are meant to fly thousands of missions without human intervention in harsh environments across the country. We deliver these drones to our customers as a service and ensure they are able to operate them with safety and compliance without the need to become aviation experts themselves
- We're looking for an experienced and empathetic Engineering Manager to lead our backend team. You'll manage a team of talented engineers. Your primary responsibility will be to build performant systems, drive to architectural discussions, and deliver features that matter
- The First 30 Days
- Gain a deep understanding of the Aviation team’s mission and the Flock Aerodome product
- Establish 1:1’s with team members to understand individual strengths, challenges, and career goals
- Learn existing processes, ceremonies, tools, and team agreements for delivering code and projects
- Build working knowledge of current projects, timelines, and deliverables
- Identify bottlenecks in processes, communication, or execution that impact delivery or team effectiveness
- Develop strong collaboration habits with Product Managers to understand specifications, clarify requirements, and align on expectations
- The First 60 Days
- Submit a clear proposal of identified bottlenecks with recommendations for improvement
- Collaborate closely with the Director of Engineering to prioritize these bottlenecks and define an action plan
- Establish 90-day plans with direct reports, setting clear expectations for growth and performance
- Strengthen relationships with stakeholders and cross-functional partners to build alignment and trust
- Ensure ongoing project tracking and reporting to provide visibility on progress, risks, and dependencies
- 90 Days & Beyond
- Execute and resolve prioritized bottlenecks, improving efficiency, communication, or delivery pipelines
- Ensure the team consistently meets project milestones and timelines
- Implement measurable process improvements that enhance code quality, review standards, and team collaboration
- Drive strong partnership with Product Managers, ensuring seamless handoff from requirements to delivery
- Establish clear, trackable goals for the team and for individual engineers
- Continue to build an engaged and motivated team culture, encouraging ownership and accountability.
Our take
Public vehicle surveillance provides valuable insights to emergency services for the prevention of crime, but bringing information together to create leads is difficult. There's no standardised system for inter-city vehicle surveillance, and this makes it difficult for communities and law enforcement services to work together.
Flock provides surveillance equipment that aims to improve the abilities of law enforcement and homeowner associations to communicate data with each other. The company focuses on vehicle surveillance, innovating on existing technology by using machine learning to categorise vehicles by color, license plate, state, and other data points.
Whilst automated surveillance equipment is used daily within federal police forces, Flock builds technology systems that provide a means for smaller law enforcement agencies to quantify and share surveillance data easily. The company has raised strong funding to support the expansion of its manufacturing capabilities. But it has also faced a large dose of backlash from groups and individuals who are concerned about its capability for mass surveillance and the privacy of the data it collects.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Mar 2025
$275m
LATE VC
Mar 2024
$200m
SERIES G
Total funding: $857.8m
Company benefits
- 🌴Use what you need PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays and your birthday off!
- ⚕️Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match
- 👪Family Leave: We provide 16 weeks of 100% paid leave for primary caregivers and 12 weeks of 100% paid leave for secondary caregivers
- 🍼Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. We will reimburse $10,000 a year for adoption, surrogacy, or infertility
- 🧠Mental Health: All employees receive an annual subscription to Headspace
- 💖Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support
- 💸Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions
- 💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home
- 📚L&D Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, Grammarly and so much more
- 🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office
- 🏢Coworking Space: If you’re not local to our ATL HQ, we’ll provide $250 a month to get you set up with an All Access Membership to WeWork (or a local coworking space in your area)
- 🐾Pet Insurance: We’ve partnered with Pumpkin to provide insurance for our employee’s fur babies
Company HQ
Home Park, Atlanta, GA
Leadership
Garrett Langley
(Founder & CEO)They worked in Computer Services freelance for over 6 years before joining Firethorn in 2015, and Clutch Technologies in 2014. They left their position as President of Moment LLC to found Flock Safety in April 2017.
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